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Last Word: Maureen Sweeney, Sir Tim Brighouse, Shirley Anne Field, Juanita Castro

Maureen Sweeney, Sir Tim Brighouse, Shirley Anne Field, Juanita Castro

BBC Radio 4 - Last Word, Maureen Sweeney, Sir Tim Brighouse, Shirley Anne Field, Juanita Castro

Matthew Bannister on a postmistress, an educationalist, an actor and an activist.

Matthew Bannister on postmistress Maureen Sweeney, educationalist Sir Tim Brighouse, actor Shirley Ann Field and activist Juanita Castro.

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Maureen Sweeney, the postmistress from the west of Ireland whose weather forecast postponed D-Day by 24 hours.

Sir Tim Brighouse, the educationalist credited with transforming the performance of London’s schools.

Shirley Anne Field, the actor who appeared in classic 1960s films like The Entertainer, Saturday Night and Sunday Morning and Alfie.

Juanita Castro, younger sister of the Cuban leader Fidel Castro, who became a CIA informer.

Interviewee:  Fergus Sweeney
Interviewee: Harry Brighouse
Interviewee: Lord Blunkett
Interviewee: Brian Latell
Interviewee: Nicola Gill
Interviewee: Anita Harris 

Producer: Gareth Nelson-Davies

Archive used:

D-Day Greatest Combined Operation In World's History (1944), British Pathe News, British Pathe News YouTube channel, uploaded 13/04/2014;  Maureen Sweeney interview, RTE News, 2005; Maureen (née Flavin) Sweeney interview, Blacksod Lighthouse, Facebook, uploaded 17/12/2023;  Tim Brighouse talks to Estelle Morris about his 45-year career in education, Alexander Street Video, uploaded 2006; Tim Brighouse on purpose of education, RM Education, YouTube uploaded 19/12/2023;  Tim Brighouse news report, BBC News; Juanita Castro press conference, ABC News, 1964;  Juanita Castro interview, AP Archive, 21/07/2015; Juanita Castro speaks out, New York Times, 28/11/2016; Castro Announces Take Over Of Us Owned Property (1960), British Pathe News, YouTube, uploaded 13/04/2014;   Shirley Anne Field, Desert Island Discs, BBC Radio 4, 29/07/1994;  Scene extract from the film The Entertainer, 1960; Scene extract from the film Saturday Night Sunday Morning, 1960;

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